Does municipal solid waste composting make economic sense?

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-347

  Renkow, M ^a   Rubin, A R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cost analysis; MSW composting; Solid waste management

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OPERATING COSTS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

COMPOSTING FACILITIES; COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC SENSE; ECONOMICS ANALYSIS; INFORMATION-GAP; INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; LAND DISPOSAL; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COMPOSTING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COMPOSTING;

COMPOSTING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; LANDFILL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032144068     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1998.0214     Document Type: Article

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